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Re:Wikipedia editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia ... by JumpCrisscross on Monday January 16, 2023 @02:20PM (#34404428)
> you can’t be both Islamic and secular at the same time

Yes. There is a difference between an Islamic nation and a nation of Muslims.

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Re:Wikipedia editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia ... by blhblah12345 on Monday January 16, 2023 @02:37PM (#34404604)
Currently, there is not, as all nations of muslims are ruled by a-secular, illiberal dictators.
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Re:Wikipedia editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia ... by JumpCrisscross on Monday January 16, 2023 @03:10PM (#34404931)
> all nations of muslims are ruled by a-secular, illiberal dictators

This describes none of the Arab monarchies. Neither does it describe Iran, Afghanistan or Pakistan. (Indonesia and Malaysia are political science’s Rorschach tests.)

Secular dictatorships in the Muslim world are the exception, unless we’re using highly unorthodox definitions of secularity or dictatorship. (Secular government in Muslim-majority countries is common; most are not dictatorships [1].)

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_secularism

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